Iraq

Retaking West Mosul is expected to see fierce fighting between IS and the Iraqi forces

The strike followed reports militants are storing weapons in hospitals, schools, mosques and churches

As the weeks pass they appear to absorb the group's ultra-hardline ideology

Global terror group Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack

Parliament calls for 'responding in kind' if the American side does not withdraw its decision

'Donald Trump destroyed my life'

The suit also seeks release of Iraqi travelers on grounds of unlawful detention

Counter-terrorism service troops drove the militants back inside the strategically located university complex

United Nations' humanitarian coordination office said that nearly 700 people have been hospitalised in the last week

A series of attacks in the Iraqi capital and other cities in the country have killed dozens of people in just a week

Owner Nedyar Zawity says he registered the Trump name months ago with Kurdish authorities

Twice-divorced Bobi says he knew he had found someone special

An Iraqi attack helicopter crash during an army aviation mission

Coalition claims to take extensive measure to avoid civilians but NGO estimated more than 2,000 civilian deaths

Saddam Hussein remained defiant until his last breadth, raised slogan against his Iranian and American enermies.

We are sad to see what has been done to our holiest places by our own countrymen

'You are going to fail'

Iraq is OPEC's second-biggest producer behind Saudi Arabia ranking third among crude suppliers to China

PKK militants have fought a three-decade insurgency in Turkey's largely Kurdish south-east

The visit comes at the time of a political transition in the US and as conflicts rage in Syria, Iraq and Yemen

Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack which killed mostly Iranians returning from Karbala

Attack took place at gas station with an adjacent restaurant used by Iranian pilgrims

Dating back to the fourth century AD, the Catholic monastery lies just 30 kilometres south of Iraq's second city

Trump's team includes John Bolton and ex-CIA Director James Woolsey, men who championed the Iraq invasion

Militants clash with security forces in southern Iraq

The troops pushed towards Nimrud last week in an offensive to recapture Iraq's second city

On the eastern edge of Mosul, the target of a massive Iraqi military operation launched on October 17

Kurdish officials have stated their intention to absorb land recovered from Islamic State into their autonomous region

Gogjali, this week became the most advanced post of the massive Iraqi offensive launched last month

Turkish military sources said Tuesday that it had deployed tanks and artillery near the Iraqi border

'The target is to retake Bazwaya and Gogjali, the last two villages before Mosul'

More than 30 people were also wounded in the attack, police say

More than 17,500 people have fled their homes toward government-held areas since the Mosul operation began

UN says IS using 'tens of thousands' as human shields in Mosul

The International Organisation for Migration said 15,804 people have been displaced since the operation began

Parliament adopted a law banning sale, import and production of alcohol over the weekend

More than 3,300 fleeing Iraqis sought help from the government on day nine of its offensive

US officials stressed that its military presence was there for the Iraqis to decide

Despite suffering instability and violence, Iraq has twice been ranked top in terms of helping strangers

Alcohol is rarely offered in restaurants and hotels in Iraq, but consumption is relatively widespread

As many as 500 more civilians suffer breathing problems; US troops at nearby base forced to wear masks

Abadi insisted no Turkish involvement was wanted following a meeting with US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter

Turkey has been locked in a row with Iraq's central government over the presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa camp

Winds brought fumes from a nearby burning sulfur plant set ablaze by Islamic State

United Nations is also investigating reports that militants killed 40 civilians in one village

Many speak of IS losing ground, of territory being rolled back

US officials do not believe Islamic State has been successful so far at developing chemical weapons

An estimated 200,000 people are expected to be displaced in the first weeks of the offensive, says UN spokesperson

Says Turkey would play a role in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city from militants

With support of Iran and a US-led coalition, Iraqi forces have since regained much of the ground lost to ISIS